Developing a Sealant Program: the Massachusetts Approach *
dc.contributor.author | Callanen, Virginia A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Weintraub, Jane A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | French, Donna P. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Connolly, Gregory N. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-04-01T15:15:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-04-01T15:15:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1986-06 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Callanen, Virginia A.; Weintraub, Jane A.; French, Donna P.; Connolly, Gregory N. (1986). "Developing a Sealant Program: the Massachusetts Approach * ." Journal of Public Health Dentistry 46(3): 141-146. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/65721> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-4006 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1752-7325 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/65721 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=3459885&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This paper describes the program structure and strategies being used by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to promote the utilization of sealants. The program design includes four components: clinical demonstration, consumer education, professional education, and reimbursement. Eighteen Massachusetts neighborhood health centers and six local health departments are participating in the clinical demonstration component. Since March 1984, dental personnel from these sites have applied sealants to 4,398 schoolchildren. The promotional theme “Save Teeth: Seal Them” has been incorporated into brochures designed to increase knowledge and awareness of consumers. Curriculum materials have been developed to educate dentists and dental hygienists to apply sealants and understand the rationale and scientific basis for their use. Since January 1984, 18 sealant educational sessions have been conducted statewide for 630 dental providers. Information is being presented to third-party carriers, some of whom have subsequently adopted a policy to include reimbursement for sealants. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | en_US |
dc.rights | 1986 by the American Association of Public Health Dentistry | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Pit-and-Fissure Sealants | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Caries-prevention Methods | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Public Health Programs | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Organization and Administration | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Promotion | en_US |
dc.title | Developing a Sealant Program: the Massachusetts Approach * | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Dentistry | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Assistant Professor, Program in Dental Public Health School of Public Health The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109–2029 | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Project Director, Division of Dental Health Massachusetts Department of Public Health 150 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02111 | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Assistant Project Director, Division of Dental Health Massachusetts Department of Public Health | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Director, Division of Dental Health Massachusetts Department of Public Health | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 3459885 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/65721/1/j.1752-7325.1986.tb03128.x.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1986.tb03128.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Public Health Dentistry | en_US |
dc.identifier.citedreference | DePaola PF, Soparker M, Tavares M, Allukian M, Peterson H. A dental survey of Massachusetts schoolchildren. J Dent Res 1982 ; 61 ( Sp. Iss. ): 1356 – 60. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citedreference | Horowitz HS. The potential of fluorides and sealants to deal with problems of dental decay. Pediatric Dentistry 1982 ; 4 : 286 – 95. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citedreference | Miller AJ, Brunelle JA, Carlos JP. The prevalence of dental caries in United States children 1979–1980. The National Dental Caries Prevalence Survey. Bethesda, MD : National Caries Program. National Institute of Dental Research, NIH Publication No. 82–2245, December 1981. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citedreference | Koop CE. Dental sealants. J Public Health Dent 1984 Summer ; 44 : 126. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citedreference | Horowitz AM, Frazier PJ. Issues in the widespread adoption of pit and fissure sealants. J Public Health Dent 1982 Fall ; 42 : 312 – 23. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citedreference | Callanen V, French DP, Weintraub J. Pit and fissure sealants. Reference and training manual. Boston MA : Division of Dental Health, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 1984. | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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